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Carlos Miller shared this on Facebook, and when I saw it, I thought....

This Just In - Fidel Castro Is Still Not Dead

The Miami Herald reports that the latest rumors about Fidel Castro are actually part of an attempt to infect computers.

According to Naked Security, the original message emerged early August as an email message with the subject “Fidel Castro is dead,” followed by a picture of him in a casket. Naked Security determined that the message about Castro was fake and linked it to programs designed to disrupt computer systems.

And while some folks can be lauded for trying to get an insider's view, Cuba's most famous blogger had this to say:

“My phone hasn’t stopped ringing. Everybody is asking me if it’s true that Fidel Castro is very sick,” was part of the message (Yoani) Sánchez wrote on her Twitter account around 3 p.m. Tuesday. “I DON’T KNOW, and if it were true, we Cubans would be the last ones to find out.”

So don't open any attachments to a "Fidel Is Dead" message, and don't forward it, because he's still not dead.  Although I suspect he'd be pleased at the attempt to disrupt our Imperialistic social networking capabilities.

Best Fidel Post

This is from David Terrenoire, at his blog A Dark Planet

A couple of the best snippets:

He killed thousands of innocent people without cause, outlawed music, tapped the phones of his enemies, and threw poets into jail without trial.

I don't know why Jesse Helms didn't love this guy. Maybe it was the free education and health care.

And this one:

I told this story in Beneath A Panamanian Moon, and it was based on a real incident. I knew a man named Choppo who had fought with Fidel in the mountains of Cuba. Choppo had on his wall an 8x10 of himself and Fidel firing up a massive baton. When I asked Choppo about El Presidente he said, "Fidel was a good man, but then he got caught up in politics."

There's a lesson for us all, I think, in this election year.

Tip o' the hat to Dusty for pointing this out.

"Dead Man" Talking

He's baaaaaack! Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television last night.

From the Herald article:

"Castro wore his signature red, white and blue track suit and spoke of international economic issues, such as the fall of the dollar and $84-a-barrel oil prices -- illustrating that the interview was taped Friday."

A clip of the video can be seen on the WFOR website.

Maybe it's time to call in some expert help: Milla knows how to deal with dead men!

Psst! Fidel is dead: someone please tell Fidel. (updated)

Most of the country doesn't really give a rat's ass, but I live in Miami, where Fidel Castro's health and well-being are discussed at every cafe and bar in the county.

It started on babalu, and by Friday even architecture-centric Boom Or Bust was speculating.

Stuck on the Palmetto does a great job of re-capping the last week.

The sad part is that the gomers running Babalu are unrepentant; this isn't the first time they've declared that Fidel is dead. It's not even third or fourth. They don't seem to understand that it's THEIR credibility they are undermining.

No, they will cry, we were right! Fidel IS dead, it's just HIS fault that he won't admit it! He is refusing to die just to make us look bad!

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The cause of the hullabaloo is revealed at the WFOR website:

"Premature rumors of Castro's death were pushed into overdrive on Friday by a meeting of local officials to go over their plans for when Castro really dies and a road closure in the Florida Keys that was actually due to a police standoff."